Niagara
The area of Niagara (which straddles upstate New York and Ontario in Canada) is known as the home of Niagara Falls, the largest waterfall on earth (by volume). It is a beautiful scenic view and has played the setting for some memorable films. Which of these films set in and around Niagara is your favorite?
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- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsMarilyn MonroeJoseph CottenJean PetersAs two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.
- DirectorJenna RickerStarsGreg StuhrDon StuhrKelsey SiepserFollowing a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist, Nikola Tesla.
- DirectorBob GosseStarsRobin TunneyHenry ThomasMichael ParksAn outsider and a young woman plagued by Tourette's syndrome meet and together journey to Canada.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsJohn CandyAlan AldaRhea PerlmanThe U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsMarjorie WoodworthTom BrownZasu PittsMargie Blake, who wants to get married young and have two dozen kids, has a flat tire and traveling salesman Tom Wilson, who believes in "loving 'em and leaving 'em" stops to help.
- DirectorJonathan LynnStarsBruce WillisMatthew PerryRosanna ArquetteA struggling dentist's life is turned upside down when a famous gangster moves in next door, and his wife convinces him to inform a notorious mob boss about the gangster's whereabouts.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsBarbara StanwyckFred MacMurrayBeulah BondiLove blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.
- DirectorBen FalconeStarsMelissa McCarthySusan SarandonKathy BatesAfter getting fired and finding out that her husband is cheating, Tammy hits the road with her profane, alcoholic grandmother.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsBruce WillisDanny AielloAndie MacDowellA cat burglar is forced to steal Da Vinci works of art for a world domination plot.
- DirectorGregory MackenzieStarsSienna MillerJames FrancoDavid CarradineA twisted honeymoon adventure about a young couple on their way to Niagara Falls.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are three small time actors looking for a job. They meet three girl dancers in the situation and get a small part in a big producers show at the shipyard. When the rest of the cast doesn't show up, the stooges and the girls must put on the whole show themselves. The show is a hit and the stooges marry the girls and head to Niagara Falls for their honeymoon.Suggested by Dan Dassow.
- The Niagara River extends between Lakes Erie and Ontario, having a descent of 326 feet throughout the course of 36 miles. The Falls, preceded and succeeded by rapids, are the largest in the world. The Canadian or Horseshoe Fall, is 6240 feet wide, with a descent of 158 feet, and the American Fall is one-third the width of the Canadian, with a descent of over 162 feet. Some wonderful effects are obtained in this film which gives extraordinarily beautiful views of the clouds of spray and of the sun shining through the mist, giving rainbow effects. We see the Clifton House Hotel on the Canadian side; the Canadian-American Bridge and the famous steamer, "Maid of the Mist," going towards the base of the Falls, just above the Cave of the Winds; below the American Falls, a rising panorama; the view from Goat Island, a rainbow effect is clearly discernible here; the Horseshoe Falls; the American Falls, close view; same from below. Crossing the rapids by the bridge of Sister Island; the bend of the Horseshoe Falls seen from above; Lookout Point, from which visitors observe the Horseshoe Falls; the American Falls, the two Falls from the Suspension Bridge, the American Falls are the nearer and the Horseshoe may be observed some distance beyond; at the foot of the Canadian Falls; the American Falls from the Canadian shore. This view gives a clear idea of the breadth of the Niagara Falls, the distance here is nearly a mile across. The "Maid of the Mist" proceeding towards the Falls and returning.Suggested by Dan Dassow.
- DirectorGary YatesStarsCraig FergusonPeter KeleghanDamir AndreiThe Niagara Motel and the attached Riverside Grill, located in Niagara Falls, are owned and operated by Serbian father and daughter, the always angry Boris and hard working Sophie. Through the motel and/or restaurant comes a series of disparate but equally struggling people: middle aged couple Henry and Lil, formerly middle class but who are trying to cope with the loss of employment and its associated money; young couple R.J. and Denise, who are trying to clean up (with varying degrees of success) so that they can reclaim their daughter from foster care; and the restaurant's new waitress, young widowed French-Canadian Lori, who is escaping a complicated situation in her hometown and who is preyed upon by two locals, straight-laced Dave and less than straight-laced Michael. The person who sees everything that is going on is the motel's caretaker Phillie, a Scot who stayed in Niagara Falls following a personal tragedy. To escape memory of that tragedy, Phillie is in a constant state of inebriation. Each person has to decide how far they will go to get what they want in life.Suggested by Dan Dassow.
- DirectorTony GlazerStarsNeal BledsoeDanny PudiJoanna BaylessWhen Adam arrives at Brandon's childhood home for the weekend, he uncovers a hole in the roof and a dark family secret: the death of a troubled brother nobody wants to talk about.Suggested by Jen.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsRoy ScheiderJanet MargolinJohn GloverA government agent recovering from a nervous breakdown deciphers a death threat written in ancient Hebrew.Suggested by Jen.
- DirectorScott SmithStarsMiranda RichardsonKristin AdamsMonté GagnéThree teenage sisters cope in their individual ways to growing up in a dysfunctional family with an abusive father and drunk mother.Suggested by Jen.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsGeena DavisSamuel L. JacksonYvonne ZimaGovernment agents come after an amnesiac woman, who gradually remembers her past.Suggested by Jen.
- DirectorRichard LesterRichard DonnerStarsGene HackmanChristopher ReeveMargot KidderSuperman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.Suggested by Jen.
- DirectorBobby FarrellyPeter FarrellyStarsDrew BarrymoreJimmy FallonJason SpevackLindsay is stuck in the middle of her relationship with Ben and his passion for the Boston Red Sox.Suggested by Jen.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsJack LemmonPeter FalkElaine MayMilt, who's having difficulties with his wife, runs into his friend Harry, who's about to kill himself. Milt asks Harry to stay with his wife Ellen while he goes off with his girlfriend. Harry and Ellen hit it off immediately, but Milton strikes out.Suggested by Jen.
- DirectorJoe RomanoStarsJoe RomanoMaria Cristina NewsomKimberly-Anne Ryan(From Press Kit). The year is 1961. Honeymoon couple Norm and Luann Weiner head for Niagara Falls for their dream vacation, never dreaming they would drive straight into the clutches of an alien invasion force bent on stealing the Falls...or that they would meet a group of ghosts who live beneath Niagara (daredevils who died in barrels, fell of tightropes etc.) who enlist our couple to save their watery grave and...the very Earth itself!!
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohnny DeppGary FarmerCrispin GloverOn the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
- DirectorAlvin CaseStarsAgathe FeouxPierre PerrierGordon RamseyA chance meeting at Niagara Falls leads to a surreal romance.
- DirectorPaul DeNigrisStarsDavid TullyDiedre KilgoreJohanna WattsA troubled young man with a fatal fascination for redheads battles cops, family demons and his own blinding obsession while searching for his missing girlfriend.Suggested by Jen.